diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
index 6f6e7881598b88..dab115acdc207c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -2629,9 +2629,9 @@ Address Formats
   filesystem.
 
 * An ``'AF_PIPE'`` address is a string of the form
-  :samp:`r'\\\\.\\pipe\\{PipeName}'`.  To use :func:`Client` to connect to a named
+  :samp:`r'\\\\\\.\\pipe\\\\{PipeName}'`.  To use :func:`Client` to connect to a named
   pipe on a remote computer called *ServerName* one should use an address of the
-  form :samp:`r'\\\\{ServerName}\\pipe\\{PipeName}'` instead.
+  form :samp:`r'\\\\\\\\{ServerName}\\pipe\\\\{PipeName}'` instead.
 
 Note that any string beginning with two backslashes is assumed by default to be
 an ``'AF_PIPE'`` address rather than an ``'AF_UNIX'`` address.